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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Lawyers for gay couples challenging Arkansas’ ban on same-sex marriages said Wednesday they won’t agree to delay a pair of lawsuits while the U.S. Supreme Court considers taking up the matter. The couples sued Arkansas in state and federal courts last year, claiming that a constitutional amendment passed overwhelmingly by Arkansas…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas officials asked a federal judge and the state Supreme Court Wednesday to suspend lawsuits challenging the state’s gay marriage ban while a similar case is pending before the nation’s highest court. The attorney general’s office filed a motion asking U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker to stay the proceedings in the lawsuit filed …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ whirlwind week of granting of marriage licenses to same-sex couples ended Friday when the state Supreme Court ordered a temporary stop just as a final pair completed their paperwork at a Little Rock courthouse.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the state attorney general’s request to put on hold a ruling that overturned Arkansas’ constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, but the short-lived ability for same-sex couples to wed in the state still came to a halt amid confusion about what comes next.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says it’ll be up to the state’s high court to decide whether hundreds of marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples are valid while the state defends its gay marriage ban.